KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Orlando-area lawmakers are calling for the expulsion of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro from the United States after he was released Monday from an Osceola County hospital.
State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) instructed News 6 that Bolsonaro wants to depart the U.S. and take accountability for the continued pressure in Brazil.
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“I think we need to be clear that Bolsonaro is not a only dictator and a far-right facist individual, but he’s in Florida partially to avoid four criminal investigations that he’s currently being sought for,” she stated.
As many throughout the nation call on President Joe Biden to take away Bolonsaro from the nation, Eskamani stated she has been urging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to take motion to take away the former Brazilian president.
In a tweet, saying partly, “Why are are you giving refuge to Jair Bolonsaro in Florida? Is it because you support far-right fascist regimes storming capitols?!”
“It does not make sense that Bolonsaro is here in Florida avoiding criminal investigations, allowing disinformation to be spread in Brazil and around the world,” she stated, “This is why I want DeSantis to help urge the White House (to have Bolsonaro removed).”
Devotees in current days have traveled to the house the place Bolsonaro is staying for an opportunity to see and get an image with him.
Supporters of the former Brazilian president who refuse to just accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace on Sunday, per week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Biden instructed reporters that the riots in Brazil had been “outrageous.” His nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan went a step additional on Twitter and stated the U.S. “condemns any effort to undermine democracy in Brazil.”
The U.S. State Department stated thus far Brazil has no plans to ask the U.S. for Bolsonaro to be extradited.
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Sedensky reported from New York. Associated Press reporter David Biller in Rio de Janeiro contributed to this report.
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